Police said it was Hodak who robbed the bank on East Main St. around 5 p.m. Sept. 18. The robbery was caught on the bank’s survelliance cameras and police distributed images to the media within hours. The photos were also posted to the Department’s Facebook page.

“Citizens who responded to our requests (to help identify) the suspect from bank video surveillance were critical to our identification of Hodak and her subsequent arrest today,” the Department said on the Facebook page after Hodak was taken into custody.

Hodak, who lives in the 400 block of Middletown Avenue in New Haven, was charged with second-degree robbery and fifth-degree larceny. She was released on a promise to appear Oct. 20 in New Haven court.